H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

And the limit of their heritage was Zorah and Eshtaol and Ir-shemesh

וַיְהִ֖י (יְהִ֖י) y.Hi “it was”

So that any man who in error and without design has taken the life of another, may go in flight to them: and they will be safe places for you from him who has the right of punishment for blood.

וְהָי֤וּ (הָי֤וּ) ha.Yu “they will become”

And he is to go on living in that town till he has to come before the meeting of the people to be judged; (till the death of him who is high priest at that time:) then the taker of life may come back to his town and to his house, to the town from which h

יִהְיֶ֖ה yih.Yeh “he will be”

These were the towns marked out for all the children of Israel and for the man from a strange country living among them, so that anyone causing the death of another in error, might go in flight there, and not be put to death by him who has the right of p

הָיוּ֩ ha.Yu “they were”

And the heritage came out for the families of the Kohathites: the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, were given thirteen towns from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

וַיְהִ֡י (יְהִ֡י) y.Hi “it belonged”

These were for the children of Aaron among the families of the Kohathites, of the children of Levi: for they came first in the distribution.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it belonged”הָיָ֥ה ha.Yah “it belonged”

The rest of the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, were given towns from the tribe of Ephraim.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

All these towns were given to the children of Merari by their families, that is, the rest of the families of the Levites; and their heritage was twelve towns.

וַיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

Every one of these towns had grass-lands round it.

תִּֽהְיֶ֙ינָה֙ tih.Yei.nah “they were”

Was not the sin of Baal-peor great enough, from which we are not clear even to this day, though punishment came on the people of the Lord,

וַיְהִ֥י (יְהִ֥י) y.Hi “it was”

That now you are turned back from the Lord? and, because you are false to him today, tomorrow his wrath will be let loose on all the people of Israel.

וְהָיָ֗ה (הָיָ֗ה) ha.Yah “it will be”

Did not Achan, the son of Zerah, do wrong about the cursed thing, causing wrath to come on all the people of Israel? And not on him only came the punishment of death.

הָ֣יָה Ha.yah “it was”

For we said to ourselves, If they say this to us or to future generations, then we will say, See this copy of the Lord's altar which our fathers made, not for burned offerings or offerings of beasts, but for a witness between us and you.

וְהָיָ֗ה (הָיָ֗ה) ha.Yah “it will be”

Now after a long time, when the Lord had given Israel rest from wars on every side, and Joshua was old and full of years,

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

Then you may be certain that the Lord your God will not go on driving these nations out from before you; but they will become a danger and a cause of sin to you, a whip for your sides and thorns in your eyes, till you are cut off from this good land whic

וְהָי֨וּ (הָי֨וּ) ha.Yu “they will become”

And you will see that, as all the good things which the Lord your God undertook to do for you, have come to you, so the Lord will send down on you all the evil things till he has made your destruction complete, and you are cut off from the good land whic

וְהָיָ֗ה (הָיָ֗ה) ha.Yah “it will be”

And Joshua said to all the people, See now, this stone is to be a witness against us; for all the words of the Lord have been said to us in its hearing: so it will be a witness against you if you are false to the Lord your God.

תִּֽהְיֶה־ tih.yeh- “it will become”וְהָיְתָ֤ה (הָיְתָ֤ה) ha.ye.Tah “it will become”

Now after these things, the death of Joshua, the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, took place, he being then a hundred and ten years old.

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel had taken up from Egypt, they put in the earth in Shechem, in the property which Jacob had got from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for a hundred shekels: and they became the heritage of the

וַיִּֽהְי֥וּ (יִּֽהְי֥וּ) i.yih.Yu “they became”

Now after the death of Joshua, the children of Israel made request to the Lord, saying, Who is to go up first to make war for us against the Canaanites?

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

And Adoni-zedek said, Seventy kings, whose thumbs and great toes had been cut off, got broken meat under my table: as I have done, so has God done to me in full. And they took him to Jerusalem, and he came to his end there.

הָי֤וּ ha.Yu “they were”

Now when she came to him, he put into her mind the idea of requesting a field from her father: and she got down from her ass; and Caleb said to her, What is it?

וַיְהִ֣י (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

And the Lord was with Judah; and he took the hill-country for his heritage; but he was unable to make the people of the valley go out, for they had war-carriages of iron.

וַיְהִ֤י (יְהִ֤י) y.Hi “he was”

And whenever Israel became strong, they put the Canaanites to forced work, without driving them out completely.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (יְהִי֙) y.Hi “it was”

Zebulun did not make the people of Kitron or the people of Nahalol go out; but the Canaanites went on living among them and were put to forced work.

וַיִּֽהְי֖וּ (יִּֽהְי֖וּ) i.yih.Yu “they became”